discipline

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Related terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Related terms 1.4.3 Translations 2 Dutch 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Synonyms 2.1.2 Related terms 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Derived terms 3.3 Verb 4 Italian 4.1 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English < Old English < Old French descipline, desciple < Latin disciplina (“‘instruction’”) and discipulus (“‘pupil’”) from discere (“‘to learn’”) < Proto-Indo-European *dek- "(cause to) accept".

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[edit] Noun

discipline (plural disciplines)

1. A controlled behaviour; self-control
2. An enforced compliance or control
3. A systematic method of obtaining obedience
4. A state of order based on submission to authority
5. A punishment to train or maintain control
6. A set of rules regulating behaviour
7. A flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification
8. A specific branch of knowledge or learning
9. A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs, or a sub-category of said activity.

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• (branch or category) field, sphere
• (punishment) penalty, sanction

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• academic discipline

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• disciple
• disciplinal
• disciplinarian
• disciplinary
• discipliner
• interdisciplinary
• multidisciplinary

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to discipline (third-person singular simple present disciplines, present participle disciplining, simple past and past participle disciplined)

1. (transitive) To train someone by instruction and practice.
2. (transitive) To teach someone to obey authority.
3. (transitive) To punish someone in order to (re)gain control.
4. (transitive) To impose order on someone.

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• drill

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• disciplined
• disciplinable
• disciplinarian

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discipline (plural disciplines, diminutive disciplinetje, diminutive plural disciplinetjes)

1. discipline, sanction
2. discipline, self-control
3. discipline, branch

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• tucht
• (self-control) zelfbeheersing
• (branch) tak

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• discipel
• disciplinair
• disciplineren
• ongedisciplineerd

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discipline f. (plural disciplines)

1. discipline, sanction
2. discipline, self-control
3. discipline, branch

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• discipliner

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discipline

1. imperative and singular present imperfect forms of discipliner

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discipline f.

1. Plural form of disciplina.